Category Archives: Hezbollah

The Battle for Lebanon

Posted on 29 May, 2009 by

Except for employing the inaccurate and hackneyed description of Hezbollah as “the Iranian-backed Shiite fundamentalist group”, Robert Dreyfuss has a worthwhile piece commenting on the upcoming Lebanese elections and US foreign policy perspectives, in which he notably scans the hysterical … Continue reading →

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Der Spiegel's Sensational Hariri Tribunal 'Breakthrough': "Hezbollah Did It" (Updated)

Posted on 24 May, 2009 by

With six updates appended. Der Spiegel has just come out with quite a sensational(ist) piece by Erich Follath, translated from the German by Christopher Sultan. Follath claims that his sources close to the United Nations Hariri Tribunal investigators, who in … Continue reading →

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Foiling Another Palestinian "Peace Offensive"

Posted on 29 January, 2009 by

The israeli regime’s bloodbath wasn’t just about upcoming elections and re-establishing deterrence, Norman G. Finkelstein writes [doc], though it have much to do with this and was indeed calculated to pander to the worst elements of that society. Beyond this, … Continue reading →

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Did Hezbollah thwart a planned Bush/Olmert attack on Lebanon?

Posted on 16 May, 2008 by

NB Just in (18 May) see also this subsequent Israeli intel connected DEBKAfile piece Israel’s Missed Boat in Lebanon: Sunday night, May 11, the Israeli army was poised to strike Hizballah. The Shiite militia was winding up its takeover of … Continue reading →

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